THE IRANIAN THREAT

• Report: Biden seeking direct contacts with Iran
• Experts: Iran Eyes Reuniting Its ‘Axis of Resistance’
• Israel army chief orders plans to counter Iran
• Report: IDF drawing up plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program

THE NUCLEAR THREAT

• Pakistan Announces Successful Test of Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
• North Korea displays new ballistic missile
• North Korea’s Kim pledges to strengthen nuclear arsenal
• European powers warn Iran over uranium metal plans

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China flexes muscles to US in South China Sea after promising to ‘open fire’
• Containing China is ‘mission impossible’, Beijing warns Biden
• Xi Jinping Orders Chinese Army to Prepare for War ‘at Any Second’
• China’s Xi warns Davos World Economic Forum against ‘new Cold War’
• Undeterred by US Sanctions, China Expected to Continue Development in Disputed Asian Sea
• Chinese Communist Party Bans Members from Opinions ‘Inconsistent’ with the Party

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russia says leaving Open Skies military treaty
• Kremlin welcomes US offer to extend nuclear pact, seeks ‘details’
• Russia backs PA proposal for international peace conference

THE COMING ANTICHRIST?

• Pastor John MacArthur: Covid world ‘perfectly suited for coming of the Antichrist’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Aid Group: Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Certainly Increased Persecution for Christians Abroad’
• 2,200 Nigerian Christians ‘Hacked to Death’ in 2020; 34,400 Since 2009
• Nigerian Christians fear a bloody holiday season at the hands of Muslim terrorists
• At least 11 dead and priest abducted in Christmas Eve attack on Christian village
• Christian woman murdered for refusing to convert to Islam
• Government raises ‘strong concerns’ about North Korea after report into horrific persecution
• Thousands of Christian Pastors Go into Hiding in China
• Secular Democrats urge Biden to pounce on U.S. Christianity

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Chinese economy to overtake US ‘by 2028’ due to Covid
• China and Russia encircling divided Western allies
• China’s Army Joins Pakistan for Military Exercises with Warplanes, Troops
• U.S. maritime forces to focus on China, Russia, new strategy doc says
• Russia announces tests of nuclear force capability in recent exercise

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Top Pakistani cleric: Islam teaches us that Israel belongs only to the Jews
• PA mufti: No room for non-Muslims on Temple Mount
• PA cleric claims: Israel ‘Judaizes’ Al-Aqsa
• Turkish media vows to take over Tel Aviv, calls opposition ‘terrorists’
• PA TV: Palestinian ‘expert’ claims rabbis teach children to kill non-Jews
• Hezbollah says its precision missiles doubled in a year, can hit all of Israel
• Netanyahu hints Israel won’t shy away from military action against Iran

SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Video Game ‘Little Fetus Doom’ Celebrates Abortion
• Massachusetts Legalizes Infanticide, Removes Requirement to Save Babies Who Survive an Abortion
• Spain’s Lower House of Parliament Approves Bill to Make Euthanasia Legal
• International Women’s Strike Protests Poland’s Ban on Eugenic Abortions

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• ISIS Calls for Christmas Jihad: ‘Coldly Kill Them With Hate And Rage’
• ISIS offers threatening religious chant for holiday season
• Report: 1000 Girls Forcibly Converted to Islam in Pakistan Each Year

THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Massachusetts Legislature Passes ‘Infanticide Act’ Removing Requirement of Preserving Abortion Survivor’s Life
• Sunday Times: Aborting Babies with Down Syndrome ‘Equates to Eugenics’
• Report: China Using Eugenic Abortions to ‘Improve the Quality of the Population’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• U.S. ‘moving toward elimination of biblical worldview as cornerstone of society’
• Teaching Bible’s view of sexual ethics could be ‘hateful’ under new law
• Chinese Communists Raid Christian Church, Arrest Preacher and 6 Faithful